Musnad: Companion Narrations

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

It was said to Abu Bakr: O khaleefäh of Allah. He said: Rather slam] the khaleefah (lit successor) of Muhammad (ﷺ), and I am pleased with that,

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

The halter fell from the hand of Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq. He struck the foreleg of his she-camel to make her kneel down, and they said to him: Why did you not tell us to pass it to you? He said:...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood among us last year and said: `The son of Adam has not been given anything better than well-being, so ask Allah for well-being. You should be truthful and righteous, for they lead to Paradise,...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

“I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah, and if they say it then their blood and wealth are safe from me, except in cases dictated by sharee'ah, and their reckoning is with Allah.”...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

I was told that Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of Allah, how could we be in a good state after this verse: “It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the Scripture...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of Allah, how could we be in a good state after this verse? He said: `May Allah have mercy on you, O Abu Bakr. Do you not fall sick? Do you not feel sad? Don't...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

When the verse `It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof` was revealed, Abu Bakr to said: O Messenger...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

These are the types of charity (zakah) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made obligatory upon the Muslims and which Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, enjoined upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Whoever among the Muslims is asked...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

The people of Makkah say: Ibn Juraij learned the prayer from 'Ata' and `Ata` learned it from Ibn az-Zubair and Ibn az-Zubair learned it from Abu Bakr and Abu Bakr learned it from the Prophet (ﷺ). I have never seen...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

Hafsah bint 'Umar became the widow of Khunais or Hudhaifah bin Hudhafah - 'Abdur-Razzaq was not certain. He was one of the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) who were present at Badr, and he died in Madinah, I met 'Uthman...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “No one who mistreats his slaves will enter Paradise.` Aman said: O Messenger of Allah, didn't you tell us that this ummah is the greatest in numbers of slaves and orphans? He said: `Yes,...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

‘Umar has come to me and told me that casualties were heavy at al-Yamamah among the Muslims who knew the Qur'an by heart, and I am afraid that more heavy casualties may take place among the Muslims who know the...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died and Abu Bakr was appointed as caliph, al-'Abbas disputed with ‘Ali concerning some things that the Messenger of Allah: had left behind. Abu Bakr said: It is something that the Messenger of Allah...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

An old man of Quraish, from Banu Taim, told me: So and so, and So and so told me - and he listed six or seven, all of whom were from Quraish, one of whom was 'Abdullah bin az-Zubair, -...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

We heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “I am not to be inherited from.`

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

I was sitting with Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq, the successor of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), one month after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he was telling a story, then the call went out among the people, `As-salatu jami'ah...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)

Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded me to say, in the morning, in the evening and when I went to bed at night: `O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth. Knower of the unseen...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

Some people from Syria came to ‘Umar and said: We have acquired wealth and horses and slaves,and we want to pay zakah on them as a purification. He said: I shall do what my two predecessors did. He consulted the...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

Which deed is best? He was told: Jihad for the sake of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. He wanted to go for jihad, but it was said to him: Have you done Hajj? He said no. So it...

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)

‘Umar led us in praying Fajr in Jam', then he stood up and said: The mushrikoon used not to depart until the sun rose, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) differed from them and moved on before the sun rose.